Henry Roy
Image credit: Henry Roy, Wrestlers, Dakar, Senegal, 2016, inkjet print on Baryta paper, 113 x 164 cm. Courtesy the artist © Henry Roy
In another exciting world premiere for The Art Gallery of Western Australia, it is host to legendary Franco-Haitian photographer Henry Roy’s first survey exhibition. Impossible Island conveys the visual poetry for which Roy is known, comprising 113 photographs spanning 1983 to 2023 and shooting locations such as Haiti, Ibiza, Paris, Dakar, Cameroon, Normandy, Marrakesh, Thailand and the Ivory Coast. Drenched in sunlight and, in many cases, bound by water, the works featured in Impossible Island draw on a range of influences, from the artist’s own experience of exile to his love of literature and French New Wave cinema. Balancing the overarching poles of life and death, the exhibition finds refuge in the beauty that infuses Roy’s compositions.... Subscribe to read all articles in full
